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LettcrsPatent No. 72,115, dated .December 10, 1867.

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Be it known that I, JAMES TEACHOUT, of Waterford, in the county of'Saratoga, and in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Kntting-Machines, on that part known :is take-upf. -orlthc take-up motion; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrptionof the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in' which- Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is an inverted sectional view of the same, taken in the line :a m, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail of my invention, exhibiting a top view thereof.

The object of'my invention is to so construct and arrange certain necessary parts of take-ups of knittingmachines, together with the actuating devices employed therewith, to insure a uniform tension to the goods or knit-cloth while being wound from the needle-cylinders, and also to simplify the construction of the same, and to render them less liable to derangement, and more easily rotated, than Iapparatus heretofore used for the purpose. I

' A, gs. 1 und 2, represents the cross-beam which supports and forms a bearing for thie take-up B. A

scroll-plate, C, is secured tothe cross-beam A, and engaged with the oblique-toothed wheel D, on whose shaft is secured also a bevel gear, e, which in turn meshes into a corresponding gear,f, which is secured, with the reverse-gear g, to a hollow shaft4 or bushing, which turns loosely on the shaft L. concave gear-wheel, z',.is secured to the shaft 7L by means of a pin or key. The wheels D e f y turn in a bearing-piece, K, which hasn.

horizontal motion, and is guided by the stem 'or shank Zand shaft L. An L-shaped lever, m, is pivoted to the take-up frame B. A slot, n, is formed in it, asshown, into which a pin, o, which is secured to the bearing-piece K, is inserted loosely. A spiral or other spring, p, is attaehed,-as shown, to the outer extremity of the lever m, which presses the gear or clutch g in contact with a corresponding one, z', secured to the shaft i. The shaft h turns in bearings secured tothe frame B. 1Said shaft isprovided with a bevel gear, q, which is made to mesh into a similar or corresponding one, g', also secured to the nearly-vertical shaft r. Thisshaft also has its bearings secnred to the freine B, and is provided witha narrow-bevel gear, s, which can be adjusted on the shaft "r in such a manner as to engage or mesh into either of two, three, or more concentric-bevel gears, s', secured to the shaft of the take-up roll t. A ratchet-wheel, u, is also 'secured to said shaft, t. The'operation of the ratchetwheel and pawls are well known, and therefore need `no explanation in this specification. The seroll-plate C magr have one, two, or more cams or cur-ved guides, c, as may be thought most desirable for the work to be done. The design of providing the wheel s with two or more concentric-toothed rings is to vary the speed of the takemprolls t t.

It will be seen, when the take-up is made to revolve, and the oblique-toothed wheel D turns inward tangentially toward the scroll-plate C, and the shafts 7i 1' and t t arernade to revolve 'until -the cloth overcomes the resistance of the springp onthe lever m, when the scroll C draws the gear D andtits appendages inward, and disengages the clutch g from the clutch z', vsecured to thc shaft li.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. I claim the stationary scroll-plate C, placed over the centre of motion of take-up of knitting-machines, for the purpose described.

2. I claim, in combination with the scroll-plate C, the toothed gear D, for the purposeherein set forth.

3. I claim the toothed wheel D or its equivalent, either separately, or combined with the described appendages, e,f, g, z', K, arranged as shown and described, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified. v V

4f I claim, in a combination with the above, the adjustable gear s and concentric gears s', for the purpose described. j t t Having thus described nay-invention, I will hereunto subscribe my name, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES TEACHOUT.

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JonN ADEL GEO. CuAnLEswonTn. 

